To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.

To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.

Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.

Branch of Judaism which broke away from Orthodoxy during the 19th Century in Germany, based in part on the argument that many of the Mitzvot were outdated, and that assimilation into the surrounding culture was the only way to survive increasingly violent waves of anti-Semitism Since the Holocaust, some of the philosophy of the Reform movement has undergone some rethinking, and some Reform Jews are now reclaiming long-abandoned practices such as keeping kosher and signing Ketubot before weddings.

Movement begun in nineteenth-century Germany that sought to reconcile Jewish tradition with modernity Reform Judaism does not recognise the divine authority of HALACHAH.

Reform , reformation.

To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re- form the line after a charge.

Change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; 'justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts' self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; 'the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform' a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; 'the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians' change for the better; 'The lazy student promised to reform'; 'the habitual cheater finally saw the light' make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; 'reform a political system' improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; 'reform the health system in this country' break up the molecules of; 'reform oil' produce by cracking; 'reform gas' bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; 'The Church reformed me'; 'reform your conduct'.

Reformation.

Change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; 'justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts'.

Campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; 'the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians'.

Self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; 'the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform'.

Make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; 'reform a political system'.

Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; 'The Church reformed me'; 'reform your conduct'.

Produce by cracking; 'reform gas'.

Break up the molecules of; 'reform oil'.

İmprove by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; 'reform the health system in this country'.